Trace-holder.



OFFICE i.GoDriuEnLAUBn or` sANTAMoNIcA, CALIFORNIA, AssIGNoR or oNE- f nALrfTo-ALBEnr vANDENBURdoF'HURonsoUTH DAKOTA.

citizen of theUnitedStates of America, re-

siding at SantaMonica, the 'county of Los Angeles andState of Californiayhavefinventf edcertain new and useful Improvements in Trace-Holders,` of which ythe vfollowing is a i specification;referenced-being had therein to y. t .y

eaccompa'nying drawings.v

This inventionlrelate'sto certain new and@ useful 'impujo-v'e'ments in trace-holders; and s j the' inventioni-hasforits primary object 'the z 1 rovision 'of novel'. means for l temporarily endofa'swingletree. i y ,n Another object. ofthis invention is' to f oldingtheendl ofantracelorv tugl upon the p roffjvidean extremely simpleitrace-holderwhich willffloe v strong and" durable;` 'comparatively l f inexpensive tomanufacture, and highly effi-` n w cient forthepurpose's foriwhich itis used.

vThefurther vobject of thisginvention is to- .1, e "provide'a trace-holder that can be 'easily and Aquickly `rnanipulated to hold thelendv of a {traceorftug u on fthe end of a swingletree.

f1: Withthea ove andfotherjobjects in view,

` f wihich--willmore readily* appearasthe nature of the t inventio`n7`. is f better-understood, the

' same consists inthe novelconstructiomcomjbina'tion,` and?" arrangement of parts to] be .hereinafterffmore fully described and claimed..`

Y, i Referring-,to the drawings` accompanying this ..app lication-Q` likev numerals. of reference i designate I similarfparts throughout vthe sevl.eral views,in which-- IFigurelfis aplan ofthe"end,` of a swingle- [treeequpped `with my improved trace- `ig,/2` is a sectional viewl of the same,

'partly insideelevation. fFig. 3'is l,a fragy "L21 Kmentary'end' view thereonfp'a'rtly in section;

andy Fig. *Lisa detail vperspective view of my im madame-hold@- v i, (n1 the'facconipanyng 'drawings I have yff'illustratedthe end of a -swingletree 1, upon l "which isadapted `to iit'the slotted end 2 of a trace" orftugx invention yresides in proswingletree'l by screws 5or'similar `fastening rj `Specication of Letters Patent.y

fThe' 'plate is providedwith an ,'TRAdEI-HOLDERL y `outwardly-extending staple or eyelet 6, to

which/'is rsecuredl an adjustable vstrap 7 forming a loop 8; the size of said loop being governed and adjusted by the conventional 'form of buckle 9, carried by the strap 7.

Tosecure the end 'of the traceortug upon the end ofthe swingletree, the trace or tug is i Patented Dee. 18,1906V passed through the loop 8 ofthe strap 7 thisv eing accomplished byswinging the strap y7 outwardly until the slotted end 2 ofthe trace has passed through the loop 8. The slotted end 2of the trace isthen placed over the end of the swingletree 1 and the loop 8 moved in close proximity'y to the swingletree,.thereby.

preventing the trace or tug from becoming displaced or slipping from the end of the swingletree. n

My invention entirely resides inthe plate V4 and the use of the strap`17 in combination with a swingletree and trace.v By the simple construction and arrangement ofthe arts of my invention it will be observed t at I have devised anextremely simple'and ineX- pensive'trace-holder,

On account of the strap7y beingmadeof leather or similarresilent material the noise and rattleheretoforef'incurred by trace-holders is dispensed with, and to this feature alone I attach considerable importance.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is- A Ina trace-holder,l the combination with a swingl'etree and a trace adapted to iit upon the end of said swingletree, of a plate secured u to the swingletreey a staple carried by said late7 and a flexible strap detachably and oosely connected at its one end to said staple, 'and having its yother end formed withaV oop adapted to receive said trace, the said strap beingadjustableto increase and decrease the distance between the loop and the sta le. i

n testimony whereof` I affix my signature v in the presence of two witnesses..

Witnesses f l HATTIE R. LAUBE, ,f l .v Gnovnn C. G. LAUBE.

, GoDFRIED LAUBE. 

